Dial telephone, Coast Guard come to city

Editor's note: Several 125-year milestones are being celebrated later this year: The first issue of this newspaper on May 29, 1889 and the vote to incorporate Fort Bragg on June 26, 1889. In the weeks leading up to the newspaper's birthday, we are reprinting highlights of the history recorded on now yellowed, brittle pages, mingled with the Advocate's own history. The May 29 edition will include photographs of local residents and Advocate clippings that hold special meaning for them. If you'd like to participate, call 964-5642.

Hitler On The Move

Backward

June 7, 1944

Allied forces began the long-awaited invasion of France Tuesday when landings were made along an 80-mile front between Charbourg and Le Havre where they established and held beach-heads from which they penetrated inland distances of five to twelve miles.

New Albion Bridge

Offering a great contrast to the original structures on the Shoreline Highway, the new Albion river bridge at Albion will be officially dedicated and opened to the public on Sunday, June 11.

Constructed at a cost of $350,000.00, the bridge is of reinforced steel concrete and heavy timbers, supporting a 26-foot wide deck some 150 feet above the Albion river.

A 130-foot long steel truss is combined with heavily timbered construction to span the distance of 969 feet, thereby affording better highway alignment and eliminating a winding, steep grade section of highway.

State Wonder Located Near Fort Bragg

Aug. 16, 1944

Considerable has been written lately in the city papers concerning the dwarfed forest near Fort Bragg. This has been known locally for some time, but created no undue excitement, yet, according to a U of C professor, we have something here that will not be found any other place in the world.

Ten Mile Rail Replaced By Trucking

June 17, 1949

Early next Saturday afternoon the last logging train on the Union Lumber Company's Ten Mile railroad will roll into Fort Bragg, marking the conclusion of one era of lumbering and setting the stage for another.

The railroad will be torn up, and a high speed trucking road will replace it, and trucks will carry the logs from the woods to the mill. It was in 1917 that the first trainload of logs were carried over the line.

KDAC Begins Coverage Of City Council

June 24, 1949

Citizens of Fort Bragg will be able to "attend" City Council meetings from now on without leaving their homes! The Advocate-News in cooperation with Radio KDAC will present a recorded transcription of the council meetings at 6:45 o'clock on the Tuesday evenings following the Council session.

News of Fort Bragg, and especially the council meetings which affect the lives and action of every citizen, should be made available to the public.

Dial Telephone

Operations Start

December 2, 1949

Dial telephone service for Fort Bragg users will become a reality on Saturday, December 3 at 9 p.m. The event climaxes a $260,000 project which included construction of a new building, installation of dial central office equipment and a new switchboard for toll and assistance calls, as well as replacement of all telephones here with dial instruments.

Beginning at 9 p.m. tomorrow evening, telephone users served by the Fort Bragg exchange will hear the "hum" of dial tone when they lift the receivers of their dial instruments. This is the dial telephone's way of asking "Number, please."

U.S. Coast Guard Station To Be Established

At Noyo Harbor

April 2, 1953

Earlier reports on the possibility of the establishing of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue station at Noyo Harbor were confirmed here last Wednesday evening when personnel of the 12th U.S. Coast Guard District, San Francisco, met with members of the local Coast Guard Auxiliary to set tentative plans for the station's establishment.

An eighty-three foot U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, equipped with short-wave radio, radar, and complete rescue equipment, will comprise the floating rescue station, it was further disclosed.

Shrimp Processing

To Begin At Noyo

Thursday, June 6, 1957

A much-thought-of added aspect of the Mendocino Coast fishing industry came to the front last week at Noyo Harbor's fishing village when Louis Cavalini, manager of A. Paladini, Inc. here, announced that processing of fresh caught ocean shrimp will be started at his plant within the month.

Fishermen Take To Sea

As Salmon War Ends

Thursday, July 25, 1957

Nearly all of Noyo Harbor's approximately 125 commercial salmon fishing vessels were on the prowl again last Friday after a three-week-long price dispute between the fishermen and dealers was settled late last Thursday afternoon. The price war, which began July 2, had tied up the salmon industry all along the coast.

The Salmon Trollers Marketing Association and local dealers broke the deadlock here when they reached an agreement calling for 38 cents a pound for large king salmon, 30 cents for mediums, and 25 cents for smalls and silvers.